Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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